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Book before you bring it out.
Your items can still be inside when you book. Follow the readiness instructions in your confirmation.
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Choose a clear outdoor spot.
You arrange any carrying out of your home or down interior stairs. Keep entrances, sidewalks and shared access clear. We handle loading and haul-away from outside.
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Show us where to find it.
Add a photo and clear location notes. Contact us before booking if a gate, building rule or restricted access window needs an arrangement.
At a house: outside, accessible and easy to identify.At an apartment: an approved outdoor spot with shared access clear.
Access needs an arrangement?
Check any building or shared-area rules. Contact us before booking if access is limited to particular hours.
City collection Furniture is collected through the household bulk service, which takes two large items a collection and runs three times a year by appointment. The city publishes no per item rate for household bulk, so confirm the current terms with Public Works when the appointment is booked on 757-220-6140.
City collection A mattress is named in the city's allowable bulk list, so it goes out through the same appointment with the two item limit. No mattress rate is published, and the pickup is booked rather than automatic, so confirm the current terms with Public Works on 757-220-6140 when the appointment is made.
City collection Refrigerators and washers or dryers are allowable bulk items, and the city also runs a white goods recycling programme. The city publishes no appliance rate, so confirm the current terms with Public Works on 757-220-6140. Dominion Energy separately collects a secondary refrigerator or freezer from the home and pays the resident a rebate per unit on 888-366-8280, so it is worth asking whether a working unit qualifies before booking the city pickup.
City collection Yard debris rides the garbage collection day in bags or bundles, and other large household items go through the three times a year bulk appointment. The city publishes no rate for the bulk collection or the yard debris service, so confirm the current terms with Public Works on 757-220-6140.
The highest first-item price applies once. Every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Applicable sales tax is shown before payment.
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The local disposal guide
Will the city take it?
Williamsburg collects garbage in a city cart on Monday or Tuesday, with an automated truck that never leaves the cab, so everything has to be inside the cart. Furniture and appliances are a separate service: two large items per collection, three collections a year, booked with Public Works by noon on the Thursday before. Recycling runs every other week through Republic Services with a blue cart, and yard debris goes out with the garbage as ten bags or ten bundles. Everything the curbside programme will not take has a route rather than a guess: remodeling material and other bulk loads go to the James City County convenience center at Jolly Pond Road on a coupon or card basis, anti-freeze, motor oil and cooking oil go to the Tewning Road center, and paint, chemicals and computer equipment go to the monthly household chemical and computer recycling events at Warhill High School.
Garbage goes out in the city cart on Monday or Tuesday, and because the truck is automated every bag has to be inside the cart.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes no per can rate for residential garbage collection, so confirm the current charge and the account terms with Public Works on 757-220-6140.
When & how
The cart goes to the curb before 7 a.m. on the assigned collection day, or the evening before, and comes back in after collection day.
Get it ready
Use the city cart in the issued size, gray with a blue lid, with the lid facing the street. Keep carts side by side rather than front to back, at least three feet apart and five feet from parked cars, trees, mailboxes, utility poles and fences. A household that cannot move the cart to the curb can ask for backyard collection.
Furniture is collected through the household bulk service, which takes two large items a collection and runs three times a year by appointment.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes no per item rate for household bulk, so confirm the current terms with Public Works when the appointment is booked on 757-220-6140.
When & how
Book the appointment no later than noon on the Thursday before the collection day, then put the items at the curb before 7 a.m. on the collection day. Each household gets two large items per collection and three collections a year.
Get it ready
Keep the items at the curb rather than inside the property, and keep remodeling or building materials, car parts and toilets out of the pile because the bulk service refuses them. A piece that is still usable can be donated instead, and the city lists local charities that collect.
A mattress is named in the city's allowable bulk list, so it goes out through the same appointment with the two item limit.
City cost & eligibility
No mattress rate is published, and the pickup is booked rather than automatic, so confirm the current terms with Public Works on 757-220-6140 when the appointment is made.
When & how
Book the bulk appointment by noon on the Thursday before the collection day and put the mattress at the curb before 7 a.m. on that day.
Get it ready
A mattress and its box spring count against the two large items allowed for that collection, so decide whether to send both at once. Keep the piece out of the garbage cart, because the automated truck only empties the cart.
Refrigerators and washers or dryers are allowable bulk items, and the city also runs a white goods recycling programme.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes no appliance rate, so confirm the current terms with Public Works on 757-220-6140. Dominion Energy separately collects a secondary refrigerator or freezer from the home and pays the resident a rebate per unit on 888-366-8280, so it is worth asking whether a working unit qualifies before booking the city pickup.
When & how
Book the bulk appointment by noon on the Thursday before the collection day, or ask about the white goods programme and the utility rebate route before the appliance goes out.
Get it ready
Empty the unit and keep it out of the garbage cart. If the appliance still works, ask Public Works about white goods recycling and about the utility collection before booking a bulk pickup.
Computers, monitors and small devices are collected at the free-standing computer recycling events the city joins five times a year, and flat screen monitors, desktop and laptop computers and CPUs are also excluded from the coupon requirement at the James City County convenience centres, so those three can be dropped off free during the centres' published hours.
City cost & eligibility
No fee is published for the computer recycling events, so confirm the accepted items and the current arrangements with Public Works on 757-220-6140 or the authority on 757-259-9850.
When & how
Take the equipment to Warhill High School at 4615 Opportunity Way on the second Saturday of February, April, June, August or October between 8 a.m. and noon, or drop a flat screen monitor, desktop computer, laptop or CPU at a James City County convenience centre at no charge during its published hours.
Get it ready
Accepted computer items are desktop and laptop computers, servers, LCD and CRT monitors, computer wiring, desktop printers including multi function units, fax machines, desktop photocopiers and scanners and cell phones. Hard drive data is wiped to a triple pass or physically destroyed, but remove obvious personal material first. Televisions, alkaline batteries, medications and explosives are not accepted at these events.
Televisions are on the unacceptable list for the chemical and computer events, and the city publishes no television route, so the item has to be confirmed.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes no television route or fee, and the household chemical and computer recycling events refuse televisions by name, so call Public Works on 757-220-6140 or the Jolly Pond convenience center on 757-565-0971 before moving a screen.
When & how
Ask which route takes a television before it leaves the house, since the event programme will not accept it and the household bulk list does not name screens.
Get it ready
Keep the television out of the garbage cart, because the automated truck only empties the cart, and do not take it to the chemical and computer events, which list televisions as unacceptable.
Remodeling and building materials are refused by the household bulk service and go to the Jolly Pond convenience center on a coupon or card basis.
City cost & eligibility
From $4 for the value of one coupon in the city booklet, which sells five coupons for $20.00, with the number of coupons required depending on the size of the load. City of Williamsburg residents taking bulk, construction material or yard debris to the James City County convenience center, either with prepaid coupons bought at the Treasurer's Office or by credit or debit card on site.
When & how
Load up and drive to 1204 Jolly Pond Road, open every day from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., and pay with coupons or a card at the gate.
Get it ready
Keep construction material out of the household bulk pile, because the city refuses remodeling and building materials there. Bring enough coupons for the load, or plan to pay by card on site, and cover the load for the trip. Dump trailers and trailers larger than the county's published 5 by 8 by 20 limit carrying construction debris or household trash are directed to the Waste Management Transfer Station rather than the convenience centre.
Tires are refused in the garbage cart and on the household bulk pile, and the route the county publishes is the convenience centres, where tires require a coupon from the county coupon booklet. The city lists tire recycling among its own programmes without publishing a site or a fee, so confirm the city side with Public Works on 757-220-6140.
City cost & eligibility
The city lists tire recycling among its programmes without a location or a fee, while the James City County convenience centres take tires with a coupon from the county coupon booklet. Call Public Works on 757-220-6140 to confirm the city route, or take the tires to a county convenience centre with a coupon and confirm what it costs.
When & how
Ask first, then deliver the tires to the site Public Works names during its opening hours.
Get it ready
Keep tires out of the garbage cart and off the household bulk pile, because neither names them. A tire shop can also keep the old tires when a new set is fitted.
Yard debris rides the garbage collection day in bags or bundles, and other large household items go through the three times a year bulk appointment.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes no rate for the bulk collection or the yard debris service, so confirm the current terms with Public Works on 757-220-6140.
When & how
Yard debris goes out on the garbage collection day without an appointment. Large household items need the bulk appointment booked by noon on the Thursday before the collection day.
Get it ready
Yard debris is limited to ten bags of leaves or grass clippings or ten bundles of sticks and limbs, tied with twine or boxed, with sticks under four feet long and under three inches in diameter, and loose piles are not collected. Keep the bulk pile inside the two item limit and clear of anything the city refuses.
Paint and chemicals go to the household chemical collections, while anti-freeze, motor oil and cooking oil go to the Tewning Road center.
City cost & eligibility
No fee is published for the household chemical collections or the convenience center drop-offs, so confirm the accepted material and any charge with Public Works on 757-220-6140 or the authority on 757-259-9850.
When & how
Take paint, cleaning solutions and kerosene to Warhill High School at 4615 Opportunity Way on the second Saturday of February, April, June, August or October from 8 a.m. to noon, and take anti-freeze, motor oil, cooking oil and rechargeable batteries to the Tewning Road center during its opening hours.
Get it ready
Keep chemicals out of the garbage cart and out of the convenience center's recycling bins. Latex paint may be dried out with kitty litter or another absorbent and then set in the regular garbage cart with the lid off, but oil based paint belongs at the chemical collection. Televisions, alkaline batteries, medications, explosives, ammunition, gun powder, radioactives and business or medical waste are not accepted at those events.
The garbage and recycling carts go to the curb before 7 a.m. on the collection day, or the evening before, with the lids facing the street, and come back in after collection. Carts stay three feet apart and five feet from vehicles, trees, mailboxes, poles and fences, and go side by side rather than front to back.
Household bulk collection is by appointment only. The request has to be in by noon on the Thursday before the collection day, items go to the curb before 7 a.m. on that day, and each household is allowed two large items per collection and three collections a year.
Collection is automated and the crew does not leave the truck, so all garbage has to be inside the city cart. Items left beside the cart, including bagged extra garbage, are not collected.
Paint, cleaning solutions, kerosene and computer equipment are collected at the household chemical and computer recycling events, held on the second Saturday of February, April, June, August and October from 8 a.m. to noon at Warhill High School, 4615 Opportunity Way. Televisions, alkaline batteries, medications, explosives and business waste are not accepted there.
Use a permitted, accessible outdoor spot. Arrange the move out of your home, keep shared access clear and follow your confirmation’s readiness instructions. Check with your building about access or staging limits before booking.
City of Williamsburg Public Works with Republic Services, the Virginia Peninsulas Public Service Authority and James City County convenience centres
City curbside collection
City households with bagged garbage for the cart, recyclables for the blue cart and yard debris in bags or bundles.
Cost & conditions
The city publishes no rate card for the weekly cart service, so confirm the current charge and account terms with Public Works on 757-220-6140.
Arrange it
Put the carts out before 7 a.m. on the Monday or Tuesday collection day with the lids facing the street, and put yard debris out in bags or bundles on the same day.
The truck is automated, so anything outside the cart is left behind, and the household bulk list refuses remodeling and building materials, car parts and toilets.
City of Williamsburg Public Works with Republic Services, the Virginia Peninsulas Public Service Authority and James City County convenience centres
Book the household bulk collection
A household with furniture, a mattress, an appliance or another large item to clear.
Cost & conditions
No bulk item rate is published, and the service is limited to two items a collection and three collections a year, so confirm the current terms with Public Works on 757-220-6140 when booking.
Arrange it
Call Public Works by noon on the Thursday before the collection day, then set the items out at the curb before 7 a.m. on the collection day.
Two large items per collection and three collections a year, and the service refuses remodeling and building materials, car parts and toilets.
City of Williamsburg Public Works with Republic Services, the Virginia Peninsulas Public Service Authority and James City County convenience centres
Use the household chemical and computer events
A household with paint, cleaning solutions, kerosene or computer equipment to drop off.
Cost & conditions
No fee is published for the events, so confirm the accepted material and any charge with Public Works on 757-220-6140 or the authority on 757-259-9850.
Arrange it
Take the material to Warhill High School at 4615 Opportunity Way on the second Saturday of February, April, June, August or October between 8 a.m. and noon.
Televisions, alkaline batteries, medications, business or medical waste, explosives, ammunition, gun powder, radioactives and large drums of unknown material are not accepted.
Bulk material, construction material and yard debris from City of Williamsburg residents, taken on a prepaid coupon basis or by credit or debit card on site.
The number of coupons required depends on the size of the load, so a resident bringing a large load should buy enough in advance at the Treasurer's Office or plan to pay by card at the gate. The centre is owned and operated by James City County, and holiday closures apply.
Every day, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., with holiday closures.
From $4 for the value of one coupon in the city booklet, which sells five coupons for $20.00, with the number of coupons required depending on the size of the load. City of Williamsburg residents, paying with prepaid coupons bought at the Williamsburg or James City County Treasurer's Office or by card on site.
Kitchen grease, propane tanks, anti-freeze, motor oil, rechargeable batteries, plastic bags and recyclables such as cardboard.
A drop-off centre rather than a curbside service, closed on two days of the week, so material has to be delivered during the Tuesday to Saturday window. Hazardous material that is not on the accepted list belongs at the household chemical collection instead.
Tuesday to Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., closed the other days, with holiday closures.
No fee is published for the centre, so confirm the accepted material and any charge on 757-565-0971 before a trip.
Prices, timing and the details that matter at your address.
How much does pickup cost?+
Choose your items to see the exact price. A standard sofa is $79 first and $29 additional. The highest first-item price applies once; every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Review any applicable sales tax and the final total before payment.
Can I book a pickup for today?+
Book by 2pm at your pickup address for same-day pickup, where available. Choose from the dates shown at checkout. Your booking is for a pickup day, and we text you when your hauler is on the way.
Do my items need to be outside when I book?+
You can book while your items are still inside. Arrange any indoor carrying and have everything outside and accessible according to your confirmation. We load and haul it away from there. Contact us before booking if your property has restricted access.
How do I book a furniture pickup?+
Call Public Works on 757-220-6140 no later than noon on the Thursday before your collection day. Each household is allowed two large items per collection and three collections a year, and chairs and sofas are on the allowable list.Official guidance
Will the city take a mattress at the curb?+
Yes, through the household bulk service, which names mattresses among the allowable items. It is collected by appointment, limited to two large items per collection and three collections a year, and booked by noon on the Thursday before the collection day.Official guidance
Is there any help with an old refrigerator?+
Dominion Energy collects a secondary refrigerator or freezer from the home and pays a rebate per unit on 888-366-8280, and the city runs its own white goods recycling programme. Ask both before booking the household bulk pickup for the appliance.Official guidance
Where can I take a computer or monitor?+
To the household chemical and computer recycling events on the second Saturday of February, April, June, August and October, from 8 a.m. to noon at Warhill High School, 4615 Opportunity Way. Computers, servers, monitors, printers, fax machines, copiers, scanners and cell phones are accepted, with hard drive data wiped or destroyed. The county also excludes flat screen monitors, CPUs and laptops from its convenience centre coupon requirement, so those three can be dropped off free during the centres' published hours.Official guidance
Who collects trash in Williamsburg?+
The city's Public Works department runs the residential programme with its contractors, and it handles the garbage cart, yard debris and the bulk appointments on 757-220-6140. Recycling runs through the regional programme with Republic Services, and the authority answers on 757-259-9850.Official guidance
How much can go out in a bulk collection?+
Two large items per collection and three collections a year, booked by noon on the Thursday before the collection day. Mattresses, chairs, refrigerators, sofas and washers or dryers are allowable, while remodeling and building materials, car parts and toilets are refused.Official guidance
What does it cost to use the Jolly Pond center?+
The city sells coupon booklets at the Treasurer's Office for $20 for five coupons, and the number of coupons needed depends on the size of the load. A credit or debit card can also be used at the gate, and the center is open every day from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.Official guidance
What can I bring to the chemical and computer events?+
Paints, cleaning solutions, kerosene and computer items such as monitors, cell phones and scanners, on the second Saturday of February, April, June, August and October from 8 a.m. to noon at Warhill High School at 4615 Opportunity Way. Televisions, alkaline batteries, medications, explosives and business waste are not accepted.Official guidance
